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Airstrikes continue to batter Iran and Iranian missiles targeted Israel and U.S.

allies across the Middle East today.

The attacks came after President Trump said the U.S.

was in talks with Iran to end the war.

Iran denies any negotiations are taking place.

Meanwhile, thousands more U.S.

Marines are on their way to the Gulf.

Republican Senate leaders have floated a proposal to end the government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security ahead of a break that begins next week.

But Democrats and President Trump appear uninterested in the deal.

Meanwhile, travelers experience long wait times as TSA agents are required to work without pay during the shutdown.

And ICE agents have been deployed to some airports.

Keith Jeffries is the former federal security director for TSA at Los Angeles International Airport.

Some 11 percent of TSA agents didn't show up to work yesterday, and at least 458 have quit altogether.

The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld a new congressional map aimed at adding another Republican to Congress.

But as St.